Gadkari, speaking on the sidelines of an event in the city, said the committee which he chairs was likely to approve the proposal in its next meeting. The Air Force requires some land in Chandigarh. We told the airport authorities to submit a proposal suggesting that land in Chandigarh be handed over to the IAF in exchange for land in Pune.
The proposal has been sanctioned and will come before the committee. I will see it gets through, Gadkari said after breaking ground for a flyover project on Sinhagad Road.
Gadkari also said his ministry was ready to develop the proposed ring road around the city if the State Government acquires and hands over land. He further said that his ministry was working on a new expressway between Pune and Bengaluru, via Phaltan-Satara-outer Belgaum, at an estimated cost of Rs 40,000 crore.